Agartala (Tripura): Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Birajit Sinha has warned leaders who deserted the party to join Trinamool Congress saying people do not like politicians who switch parties. He also said regional parties have no impact on national-level politics.
Calling TMC as "Bohiragata (Outsider)" in Tripura, something that the TMC used as a poll slogan against the BJP in the West Bengal assembly polls, Sinha said, "TMC is just a West Bengal-based regional party. Regional parties have no impact on a national level. People don't like leaders who switch parties."
Justifying his stand, Sinha said, "If the BJP can be an outsider in Bengal, why the people who are coming from Bengal and Assam in Tripura cannot be referred to as outsiders?."
Speaking about the present political situation on Sunday, Sinha said that traditionally the regional political parties cannot hit big in the outer states. "The regional parties of Tamil Nadu are confined within the state. Mayawati and Mulayam Singh are living examples that regional parties have the potential to rule a particular state fighting for the local issues but in neighbouring states, they turn out to be the biggest failures. In Bihar, Uttar Pradesh parties failed miserably to leave their mark", said Sinha.
On the present TMC leadership, he said, "Who is leading the TMC right now? Popular faces like Sudhir Ranjan Majumder once led the TMC in Tripura. But, he returned to Congress and became MLA from the Congress ticket. And till his death, he was a Congress member. A few years back, a good number of Congress MLAs joined Trinamool but then changed the party once again to join BJP. The people who are leading the TMC in Tripura are all turncoats and the people of Tripura do not believe such leaders".
According to Sinha, Congress is the only alternative in the state and he appealed to the people of Tripura to cast their votes in favour of the Congress candidates. (ANI)
